Word: balloonful
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...nation's youth were necking in drive-in movies instead of in shady lanes; teen-agers in Indianapolis referred to them as "passion pits." Iowa's 4-H girls got new uniforms-blue-green zipper dresses with short balloon sleeves-to replace their antiquated, long-sleeved, blue middy outfits. Los Angeles mothers complained that their offspring not only stayed awake until all hours because of daylight-saving time, but howled for refreshments. They asked the city council to draft an ordinance putting a 9 o'clock curfew on the tinkling bells of Good Humor wagons...
...streets and bourbon on the table. Democratic headquarters passed out Victory Kits containing whistles, Truman buttons, cigarette lighters. A papier mache donkey-which shook its head and flashed its eyes-was set up on the marquee of the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel to replace the Republican's sausagey balloon-rubber elephant...
...moored by the feet atop the Broad Street marquee of the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. He was a 15-ft. balloon-rubber elephant with an upraised trunk, a flapping lower lip and a silly smile...
Finally he collapsed completely from the effects of a large and mysterious wound and was removed for a quick vulcanizing job. By the time he got back on duty, the day before the convention opened, he was probably history's most famous captive balloon...
Eversharp brought out new models, improved the Biro system, and lost money replacing the insides of its pens free of charge. Furthermore, it spent heavily on plants to meet the demand that ballooned during the ball-point fad. It fell hard when the balloon burst...